DIGICEL Jamaica CEO Barry O'Brien yesterday congratulated the seven nominees for this year's Jamaica Observer Business Leader Awards and praised the 18-year-old programme for being an essential part of driving entrepreneurship and investment in the country.
"Being able to recognise and celebrate the ...

SCOTIABANK Jamaica's decision to sponsor the Jamaica Observer Business Leader Awards was driven by the financial giant's commitment to the growth of entrepreneurship in the country.
Now in its 18th year, the Awards is this year recognising the achievements of the owners of businesses that listed on ...

GARY 'Butch' Hendrickson, chairman and managing director of National Baking Company, has congratulated the seven nominees in this year's Observer Business Leader Awards, and expressed the hope that their companies will continue to grow.
Hendrickson, whose family was joint winner with GraceKennedy in ...

Below is the story on one of the nominees for this year's Jamaica Observer Business Leader Award. All the nominees are drawn from the list of entrepreneurs who have listed their companies on the Junior Stock Exchange. The Business Leader Award presentation takes place on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at t ...

Below is the story on one of the nominees for this year’s Jamaica Observer Business Leader Award. All the nominees are drawn from the list of entrepreneurs who have listed their companies on the Junior Stock Exchange. The Business Leader Award presentation takes place on Sunday, December 7, 201 ...

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) yesterday indicated that its quiet lobby to preserve the tax incentive afforded under the Junior Market has gained support from enclaves within the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), a position that runs counter to recommendations made by the organisation ...

Below is the story on one of the nominees for this year's Jamaica Observer Business Leader Award. All the nominees are drawn from the list of entrepreneurs who have listed their companies on the Junior Stock Exchange. The Business Leader Award presentation takes place on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at t ...

Below is the story on one of the nominees for this year's Jamaica Observer Business Leader Award. All the nominees are drawn from the list of entrepreneurs who have listed their companies on the Junior Stock Exchange. The Business Leader Award presentation takes place on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at t ...

Stafford and Marilyn Burrowes took their soft adventure company Dolphin Cove Ltd to the Junior Stock Exchange in December 2010.
Within those four years the couple has had the opportunity to put to the test, and perhaps to rest, their most dreaded fear about public listing.
Marilyn, even more than h ...

OLIVER Townsend likes to share a funny yet telling exchange he witnessed between a ticketing rep at the Knutsford Express terminus in Montego Bay and an anxious passenger.
The young man approaches the agent's window and makes an enquiry. "Excuse me, what time is the flight?" he asks.
The customer s ...

JOHN Mahfood and his father Adeeb placed Jamaican Teas in public listing mode the moment they acquired the firm's predecessor, Tetley Tea Company Ltd, in January 1996.
For 13 years after the Tetley acquisition, the Mahfoods, with the elder Adeeb at the helm, operated the rebranded firm as a privatel ...

THE Jamaica Observer yesterday launched the Business Leader Awards 2013 and announced that it will recognise entrepreneurs whose firms were listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE).
Starting next week, readers will learn about the eight entrepreneurs nominated for the prestig ...